Fingerprint Security FAQs

Fingerprints are virtually unique and very difficult to guess or replicate. They offer the same high level security as all authentication methods for Internet and Mobile Banking. Your fingerprint is encrypted and safely stored in the secure storage of your device.

When Fingerprint Login is turned on, you will be prompted to scan your fingerprint every time you login. If the scan is successful, you will gain access to the Heritage mobile banking app. Even if this feature is turned on, the option to login with a PIN or password instead is always available.

Yes, if you have multiple fingerprints enrolled on your device, these will all be granted access when registering for Fingerprint Login. You should not use fingerprint logon if you wish to retain other people’s fingerprints on your device

Yes, any enrolled fingerprints at the time of registering for Fingerprint Login will have access to the nominated membership on the Heritage Mobile Banking App. For this reason, please do not use this feature if you wish to retain other people’s fingerprints on your device; they will have access to your accounts and you will be responsible for any transactions.

Your fingerprint is encrypted and stored on your device as part of the user settings and also kept securely on Heritage servers for authentication purposes. Heritage does not store customers’ actual biometric fingerprint data. When you use your fingerprint to logon to Mobile Banking we rely on your device to authenticate your fingerprint.

Heritage Bank does not collect your fingerprint details, and cannot link it to the personal information we hold about you. Heritage relies on the device to authenticate the fingerprint and confirm or reject verification.

If you have trouble registering your fingerprint in the App, please make sure that at least one of the fingerprints you have enrolled on your device is still valid. Please also confirm that your device hardware is not malfunctioned, and that you are running the latest version of your device operating system.

No. You won’t be locked out if you can’t scan your fingerprint to login. If you’re having trouble using Fingerprint Login you can also choose to enter your Heritage Mobile Banking PIN or password to gain access. This option is always available when Fingerprint Login is enabled.

If you think someone has unauthorised access to your device, please contact Heritage and we will remotely disable Fingerprint and 4-digit PIN Login for your App, as well as change your Internet Banking password if necessary.

App only: You can turn off Fingerprint Login by going to the Settings section in the App. This options means you can still use fingerprint authentication on your device, just not with the Heritage Mobile App.

Device: Go to the Settings section on your device and turn off fingerprint authentication. This disables the option for your device and means you will not be able to access fingerprint authentication for your device or any apps including Heritage Mobile Banking. If you turn this feature on again, you will have to re-register or update your Fingerprint Login in the Settings section of the Heritage Mobile Banking App.